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Energetic Materials and Combustion

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Adam B. Peters
Johns Hopkins University
2
Alexander А. Larin
N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry
3
Maximilian Benz
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
4
Ruixuan Xu
Northwestern Polytechnical University
5
Caijin Lei
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
6
Aayush Bhat
Vellore Institute of Technology University
7
Prachi Bhatia
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
8
Prawal P. K. Agarwal
Pennsylvania State University
9
Chengchuang Li
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
10
Shreyasi Banik
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Rising Stars Papers

1
Materials design for hypersonics
Nature Communications|2024
367 cit.
2
Highly Energy Release of Aluminum@Ammonium Perchlorate Composites Incorporated with Graphene Oxide‐based Energetic Coordination Polymer
Advanced Functional Materials|2025
76 cit.
3
Engaging Two Anions with Single Cation in Energetic Salts: Approach for Optimization of Oxygen Balance in Energetic Materials
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces|2024
45 cit.
4
Advanced ultra heat-resistant explosives with multiple heterocyclic skeletons of hydrogen bond network
Journal of Materials Chemistry A|2024
34 cit.
5
Control of burning rate pressure sensitivity for solid propellants by changing the interfacial contact of Al/HMX/AP with precisely located graphene-based energetic catalysts
Combustion and Flame|2024
30 cit.
6
Combustion performance modulation and agglomeration inhibition of HTPB propellants by fine Al/oxidizers integration
Fuel|2024
28 cit.
7
Highly energetic formulations of boron and polytetrafluoroethylene for improved ignition and oxidative heat release
FirePhysChem|2024
25 cit.
8
N-Acetonitrile functionalized 3-nitrotriazole: Precursor to nitrogen rich stable and insensitive energetic materials
Energetic Materials Frontiers|2024
22 cit.
9
An advanced furoxan-bridged heat-resistant explosive
Materials Horizons|2024
21 cit.
10
Combustion enhancement and agglomeration inhibition of HTPB/AP/Al propellants using Al@AP combined with a hydrazo-triazine derivative
Combustion and Flame|2024
21 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Wen Ao
Northwestern Polytechnical University
2
Jiaheng Zhang
Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
3
Zhijian Yang
China Academy of Engineering Physics
4
Леонид Л. Ферштат
N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry
5
Huangwei Zhang
National University of Singapore
6
Abderrahmane Mezroua
Polytechnic School of Algiers
7
Qiangling Duan
University of Science and Technology of China
8
Srinivas Dharavath
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
9
Bihe Yuan
Wuhan University of Technology
10
Shang‐Hao Liu
Anhui University of Science and Technology

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Inducing the Preferential Growth of Zn (002) Plane for Long Cycle Aqueous Zn‐Ion Batteries
Advanced Energy Materials|2022
342 cit.
2
Ionic‐Liquid‐Assisted Synthesis of FeSe–MnSe Heterointerfaces with Abundant Se Vacancies Embedded in N,B Co‐Doped Hollow Carbon Microspheres for Accelerating the Sulfur Reduction Reaction
Advanced Materials|2022
137 cit.
3
Highly Stable Lithium Metal Batteries by Regulating the Lithium Nitrate Chemistry with a Modified Eutectic Electrolyte
Advanced Energy Materials|2022
120 cit.
4
A bio-based intumescent flame retardant with biomolecules functionalized ammonium polyphosphate enables polylactic acid with excellent flame retardancy
European Polymer Journal|2022
102 cit.
5
Promising Thermally Stable Energetic Materials with the Combination of Pyrazole–1,3,4-Oxadiazole and Pyrazole–1,2,4-Triazole Backbones: Facile Synthesis and Energetic Performance
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces|2022
99 cit.
6
Ionic Liquid Meets MOF: A Facile Method to Optimize the Structure of CoSe2‐NiSe2 Heterojunctions with N, P, and F Triple‐Doped Carbon Using Ionic Liquid for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution and Flexible Supercapacitors
Advanced Science|2023
92 cit.
7
Ionic liquid exfoliated Ti<sub>3</sub>C<sub>2</sub>T<sub><i>x</i></sub> MXene nanosheets for photoacoustic imaging and synergistic photothermal/chemotherapy of cancer
Journal of Materials Chemistry B|2022
86 cit.
8
Combustion and agglomeration characteristics of aluminized propellants containing Al/CuO/PVDF metastable intermolecular composites: A highly adjustable functional catalyst
Combustion and Flame|2022
84 cit.
9
A Competitive Solvation of Ternary Eutectic Electrolytes Tailoring the Electrode/Electrolyte Interphase for Lithium Metal Batteries
ACS Nano|2022
73 cit.
10
Investigation on the flame and explosion suppression of hydrogen/air mixtures by porous copper foams in the pipe with large aspect ratio
Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries|2022
70 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Jean’ne M. Shreeve
University of Idaho
2
Thomas M. Klapötke
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
3
Jörg Stierstorfer
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
4
Michael R. Zachariah
University of California System
5
Edward L. Dreizin
New Jersey Institute of Technology
6
Nicolas Sbirrazzuoli
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
7
Qinghua Zhang
Dalian University of Technology
8
J. E. Shepherd
California Institute of Technology
9
Vigor Yang
Georgia Institute of Technology
10
Qi‐Long Yan
Northwestern Polytechnical University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
ICTAC Kinetics Committee recommendations for performing kinetic computations on thermal analysis data
Thermochimica Acta|2011
5.7k cit.
2
Dynamics and stability of lean-premixed swirl-stabilized combustion
Progress in Energy and Combustion Science|2009
1.3k cit.
3
Isoconversional Kinetic Analysis of Thermally Stimulated Processes in Polymers
Macromolecular Rapid Communications|2006
1.1k cit.
4
Metal-based reactive nanomaterials
Progress in Energy and Combustion Science|2008
938 cit.
5
ICTAC Kinetics Committee recommendations for analysis of multi-step kinetics
Thermochimica Acta|2020
929 cit.
6
Energetic Nitrogen‐Rich Salts and Ionic Liquids
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2006
783 cit.
7
Pushing the limits of energetic materials – the synthesis and characterization of dihydroxylammonium 5,5′-bistetrazole-1,1′-diolate
Journal of Materials Chemistry|2012
739 cit.
8
Recent advances in ionic liquid catalysis
Green Chemistry|2011
709 cit.
9
Effect of polymorphic phase transformations in Al2O3 film on oxidation kinetics of aluminum powders
Combustion and Flame|2005
563 cit.
10
Mechanism and Kinetics of Epoxy−Amine Cure Studied by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Macromolecules|1996
476 cit.

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